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From: Vanagon Mailing = List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf Of = Dom
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 1999 11:32 AM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: First day on the list. = First questions1). I have an Australian 1989 = Waterboxer Transporter. My previous VW was a 1970 type 2, purchased by my = father in 1970. I rebuilt the type 2 myself using the idiots guide = (primarily), a gregory's manual and advice from two reputable Australian rebuilders = (when my information conflicted). The only things that I re-used = internally were a linished camshaft and the conrods (after I balanced them). My = waterboxer has done 130,000km's and I although it is still running = well, I am considering my next rebuild now. Has anyone done this themself = and would you recommend it to someone like me who has the tools and knowhow = for a 1600 aircooled rebuild. I have a bentley manual and from reading the = archives will be purchasing the haynes.[Coby Smolens] A bit more work, but nothing extremely hard = about it for an enterprising 1600 rebuilder. Look REAL carefully at the studs = that hold on the heads. This is where folks get into trouble. If there is ANY corrosion on ANY of the studs, my advice is to replace them all. = Also the crank thrust bearing setup is different, there are different spacers = and shims - watch closely how they come = apart.2). A more pressing problem is my = five speed transmission jumping out of second. I am about to have it rebuilt = for a rough (wait and see) quote of $2000 - $2500. (this job is beyond my = tooling and knowhow). My gearbox is whining, although not too loudly, and = the whine starts low and rises in pitch with each gear change. I am hoping = therefore that it is not a crown and pinion problem as shouldn't this be a = constant whine governed by the roadspeed? Can anyone suggest the cause of = this noise.?[Coby Smolens] Pinion = bearings, perhaps. And if you or your rebuilder can find them I'd love to hear about it. It = seems they are currently backordered from FAG and not expected back on the = shelf for at least a month - someone said recently that they may not be = available 'til early next year. I currently have two waterboxer trannies = waiting for these parts at my rebuilder's...3). Can anyone suggest how to = determine if I have a "coolant into cylinder" leak. I would love to test = for this.[Coby Smolens] Take the = thing to a shop that has an exhaust gas analyzer. have 'em sniff the top of the = expansion tank (first remove some coolant so the thing has a couple = inches of airspace at the top, then drive the thing for a while, up a few = nice hills if possible, so as to load the engine and help force exhaust = gas into the cooling system). ANY hydrocarbon reading from the reservoir = means leaky headgaskets or cracked head(s). I mean the main reservoir in the = engine compartment, by the way, not the overflow tank behind the license plate.CobyValley Wagonworks"Intimately acquainted with VW Vans since 1959"Volkswagen Bus, Vanagon, Westfalia and Eurovan
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